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Atlanta is embracing a cheap, effective way to beat urban heat: ‘cool roofs’

White or reflective roofs significantly reduce temperatures. Atlanta is the latest city to mandate their adoption.

Matt Simon Cities July 7, 2025

A regional network is racing to save the Midwest’s native seeds

As climate change intensifies wildfires and other extreme weather events, demand for native seeds is surging.

Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco Solutions March 1, 2026

Rice paddies, like cows, spew methane. A new variety makes them a lot less gassy.

Rice plants are a big source of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts those emissions by 70 percent.

Matt Simon Food and Agriculture February 5, 2025

A couple looks at the charred remains of their home burned in the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, January 9, 2025. Massive wildfires that engulfed whole neighborhoods and displaced thousands in Los Angeles remained totally uncontained January 9, 2025, authorities said, as US National Guard soldiers readied to hit the streets to help quell disorder. Swaths of the United States' second-largest city lay in ruins, with smoke blanketing the sky and an acrid smell pervading almost every building.

Illegal price-gouging is rampant after disasters. Can it be stopped?

Rents jumped 20 percent after this year’s Los Angeles wildfires, forcing displaced residents to scramble for housing in an already-tough market.

Jake Bittle Extreme Weather August 12, 2025

firefighter with their back to camera sprays foam on giant redwood tree with smoke surrounding it

Firefighting foams contain toxic PFAS. Could soybeans be the answer?

The surprising "win-win" for farmers and fire departments.

Frida Garza Food and Agriculture June 23, 2025

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Closures of EPA’s regional environmental justice offices will hurt rural America

Former EPA employees warn that rural and underserved communities across the country will be left with fewer protections against environmental health hazards and limited options for recourse.

Julia Tilton, The Daily Yonder Justice April 5, 2025

The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic

A convoluted credit system allows companies to label virgin plastic as recycled. Here's how it works.

Joseph Winters Accountability May 12, 2025

The exterior of a factory that is painted white and reads Blue Oval

Ford is retreating from EVs — but embracing grid batteries

Amid its $20 billion EV failure, the storied automaker will retool a Kentucky plant to try and break into the booming energy storage sector.

Julian Spector, Canary Media Energy December 21, 2025

The smoke from Canada’s wildfires may be even more toxic than usual

A legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke.

Matt Simon Wildfires June 5, 2025

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